ObjectDock BETA 2 (0.51) now available
Wednesday, November 20, 2002 by Frogboy | Discussion: WinCustomize News
A new version of ObjectDock is now available. ObjectDock is a program that provides a taskbar and launchbar and does it with style by allowing for very interesting visual effects for mouse overs. It's inspired by the MacOS X dock.New in this version is a new magnification option for mouse overs (not on by default, go to settings to change it) along with significantly faster performance, slightly less memory usage and several new display options.
The website is www.objectdock.com.
ObjectDock is freeware. Please feel free to post this news elsewhere.
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Carlitus
Reply #3 Wednesday, November 20, 2002 4:40 PM
Reply #3 Wednesday, November 20, 2002 4:40 PM
hey
Now it's one million times faster!
excellent performance!
Now it's one million times faster!
excellent performance!
jtfolden
Reply #5 Wednesday, November 20, 2002 7:13 PM
Reply #5 Wednesday, November 20, 2002 7:13 PM
Ok, Brad... it's about darn time this came out! 
Very, very nice... not as nice as the real thing but great stuff nonetheless.
Very, very nice... not as nice as the real thing but great stuff nonetheless.
kyte
Reply #6 Wednesday, November 20, 2002 7:32 PM
Reply #6 Wednesday, November 20, 2002 7:32 PM
I'm enjoying it.. Thanks to John for the kickalong to check it out 
chadlachlanross
Reply #7 Wednesday, November 20, 2002 7:43 PM
Reply #7 Wednesday, November 20, 2002 7:43 PM
Runs flawlessly! Can't wait for more features!
iOn
Reply #8 Wednesday, November 20, 2002 8:34 PM
Reply #8 Wednesday, November 20, 2002 8:34 PM
awesome i hope more features are included, especially the start button 
Leonard Gray
Reply #9 Wednesday, November 20, 2002 8:54 PM
Reply #9 Wednesday, November 20, 2002 8:54 PM
I absolutely love this, but as is true with WindowsFX, JRE 1.4 drives it whacky! (continual flashing) 
DarkFlame178
Reply #10 Wednesday, November 20, 2002 11:12 PM
Reply #10 Wednesday, November 20, 2002 11:12 PM
This update is so much faster than the last... now all it needs is an auto-hide option, docking to other screen borders and posibly a right-click context menu for the dock, but I don't immediately see a reason to implement one just yet.
None the less, this is the fastest dock I've used on my computer. Along with the smoothest animation (while I'm using a bunch of apps too)
P.S.
I feel sorry for all you Win9x/WinME users out there... I know just how you feel...
None the less, this is the fastest dock I've used on my computer. Along with the smoothest animation (while I'm using a bunch of apps too)
P.S.
I feel sorry for all you Win9x/WinME users out there... I know just how you feel...
Teikoshen
Reply #11 Thursday, November 21, 2002 12:56 AM
Reply #11 Thursday, November 21, 2002 12:56 AM
it's excellent, i gotta say
1 question though, can we add more icons and such? also, how can we add the system tray ?
1 question though, can we add more icons and such? also, how can we add the system tray ?
Jafo
Reply #12 Thursday, November 21, 2002 1:03 AM
Reply #12 Thursday, November 21, 2002 1:03 AM
Seems to be 'quicker'...still confused by a LS VWM....and I'd still like it to be fully transparent so that only the icons were visible....
The added new options have improved adaptability in just one new point-release...so a few more 'points' from now it'll be really something...
The added new options have improved adaptability in just one new point-release...so a few more 'points' from now it'll be really something...
Teikoshen
Reply #13 Thursday, November 21, 2002 1:06 AM
Reply #13 Thursday, November 21, 2002 1:06 AM
another question, where can we send bug reports? , i'm not trying to get any support, but just trying to report bugs and be helpful to this freeware
one of the bugs i found
winamp3 causes objectdock to crash, when maximizing and minizing it, it causes objectdock to crash.
one of the bugs i found
winamp3 causes objectdock to crash, when maximizing and minizing it, it causes objectdock to crash.
Jafo
Reply #14 Thursday, November 21, 2002 3:29 AM
Reply #14 Thursday, November 21, 2002 3:29 AM
Teikoshen....you 'have' reported it.
The developers will be reading these comments...
The developers will be reading these comments...
tinkergaloot
Reply #15 Thursday, November 21, 2002 4:14 AM
Reply #15 Thursday, November 21, 2002 4:14 AM
Getting better and better, but I've found minimizing Photoshop 7 crashes ObjectDock, while minimize transitions with Window Fx don't work on large and maximized windows.
Also, any chance of smooth anti-aliased label fonts?
Also, any chance of smooth anti-aliased label fonts?
kwyjibo
Reply #16 Thursday, November 21, 2002 8:11 AM
Reply #16 Thursday, November 21, 2002 8:11 AM
Tinkergaloot: The anti-aliasing is handled by the Windows font smoothing engine, I assume.
jark
Reply #17 Thursday, November 21, 2002 8:14 AM
Reply #17 Thursday, November 21, 2002 8:14 AM
i've noticed that no matter what i do i can not, for the life of me, get the label for mirc to change to anything other than mirc.exe. if i change it while the dock is running then the label changes but if i close the dock and restart it then the label is back to mirc.exe. weird. 
Shakey (the Original)
Reply #18 Thursday, November 21, 2002 9:44 AM
Reply #18 Thursday, November 21, 2002 9:44 AM
I am experiencing the same thing. For instance, I have added "Component Manager" to the dock. Initially it is set as "cm", but I change it to read "Component Manager". Then, if I shut down the dock and restart it, the label has reverted back to "CM'.
On another note, does any one know how to optimize the icons so that they are not so blurry?
On another note, does any one know how to optimize the icons so that they are not so blurry?
MiloB
Reply #19 Thursday, November 21, 2002 10:17 AM
Reply #19 Thursday, November 21, 2002 10:17 AM
Wow, what a cool program. I really hope it stays freeware, good advertising for Stardock
I have found that when Object Dock crashes, it crashes hard, bringing down explorer with it (winxp home, PIV) requiring a cold reboot. Also, I have found that the screen saver icon in the task list stays around when the screen saver ends.
Otherwise, I commend you on the quality of the app, very nice work.
-paul
I have found that when Object Dock crashes, it crashes hard, bringing down explorer with it (winxp home, PIV) requiring a cold reboot. Also, I have found that the screen saver icon in the task list stays around when the screen saver ends.
Otherwise, I commend you on the quality of the app, very nice work.
-paul
Cherokee Kid
Reply #20 Thursday, November 21, 2002 10:27 AM
Reply #20 Thursday, November 21, 2002 10:27 AM
Very Cool! I agree with most of the other opinions. It seems to work with no problems. Love to see more icons and I agree with Jafo, need to put the transparent option in
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Reply #1 Wednesday, November 20, 2002 4:19 PM